Genesis 49
1 Then Jacob called his sons, and he said to them: “Gather together, so that I may announce what will happen to you in the last days.
vocavit autem Iacob filios suos et ait eis congregamini ut adnuntiem quae ventura sunt vobis diebus novissimis
2 Gather together and listen, O sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.
congregamini et audite filii Iacob audite Israhel patrem vestrum
3 Reuben, my firstborn, you are my strength and the beginning of my sorrow: first in gifts, greater in authority.
Ruben primogenitus meus tu fortitudo mea et principium doloris mei prior in donis maior imperio
4 You are being poured out like water, may you not increase. For you climbed onto your father’s bed, and you defiled his resting place.
effusus es sicut aqua non crescas quia ascendisti cubile patris tui et maculasti stratum eius
5 The brothers Simeon and Levi: vessels of iniquity waging war.
Symeon et Levi fratres vasa iniquitatis bellantia
6 Let not my soul go by their counsel, nor my glory be within their meeting. For in their fury they killed a man, and in their self-will they undermined a wall.
in consilio eorum ne veniat anima mea et in coetu illorum non sit gloria mea quia in furore suo occiderunt virum et in voluntate sua suffoderunt murum
7 Cursed be their fury, because it was obstinate, and their indignation, because it was harsh. I will divide them in Jacob, and I will scatter them in Israel.
maledictus furor eorum quia pertinax et indignatio illorum quia dura dividam eos in Iacob et dispergam illos in Israhel
8 Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be at the necks of your enemies; the sons of your father will reverence you.
Iuda te laudabunt fratres tui manus tua in cervicibus inimicorum tuorum adorabunt te filii patris tui
9 Judah is a lion’s young. You have gone up to the prey, my son. While resting, you have lain like a lion. And just like a lioness, who would rouse him?
catulus leonis Iuda a praeda fili mi ascendisti requiescens accubuisti ut leo et quasi leaena quis suscitabit eum
10 The scepter from Judah and the leader from his thigh will not be taken away, until he who will be sent arrives, and he will be the expectation of Gentiles.
non auferetur sceptrum de Iuda et dux de femoribus eius donec veniat qui mittendus est et ipse erit expectatio gentium
11 Tying his young colt to the vineyard, and his donkey, O my son, to the vine, he will wash his robe in wine, and his cloak in the blood of the grape.
ligans ad vineam pullum suum et ad vitem o fili mi asinam suam lavabit vino stolam suam et sanguine uvae pallium suum
12 His eyes are more beautiful than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.
pulchriores oculi eius vino et dentes lacte candidiores
13 Zebulun will live at the seashore and by the outpost of ships, reaching as far as Sidon.
Zabulon in litore maris habitabit et in statione navium pertingens usque ad Sidonem
14 Issachar will be a strong donkey, reclining between the borders.
Isachar asinus fortis accubans inter terminos
15 He saw that rest would be good, and that the land was excellent. And so he bent his shoulder to carry, and he became a servant under tribute.
vidit requiem quod esset bona et terram quod optima et subposuit umerum suum ad portandum factusque est tributis serviens
16 Dan will judge his people just like any other tribe in Israel.
Dan iudicabit populum suum sicut et alia tribus Israhel
17 Let Dan be a snake in the way, a viper in the path, biting the hooves of horses, so that his rider may fall backward.
fiat Dan coluber in via cerastes in semita mordens ungulas equi ut cadat ascensor eius retro
18 I will wait for your salvation, O Lord.
salutare tuum expectabo Domine
19 Gad, being girded, will fight before him. And he himself will be girded backward.
Gad accinctus proeliabitur ante eum et ipse accingetur retrorsum
20 Asher: his bread will be fat, and he will provide delicacies to the kings.
Aser pinguis panis eius et praebebit delicias regibus
21 Naphtali is a stag sent forth, offering words of eloquent beauty.
Nepthalim cervus emissus et dans eloquia pulchritudinis
22 Joseph is a growing son, a growing son and stately to behold; the daughters run back and forth on the wall.
filius adcrescens Ioseph filius adcrescens et decorus aspectu filiae discurrerunt super murum
23 But those who held darts, provoked him, and they contend with him, and they envied him.
sed exasperaverunt eum et iurgati sunt invideruntque illi habentes iacula
24 His bow sits in strength, and the bands of his arms and hands have been let loose by the hands of the mighty one of Jacob. From there he went forth as a pastor, the stone of Israel.
sedit in forti arcus eius et dissoluta sunt vincula brachiorum et manuum illius per manus potentis Iacob inde pastor egressus est lapis Israhel
25 The God of your father will be your helper, and the Almighty will bless you with the blessings of heaven above, with the blessings of the abyss that lies beneath, with the blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
Deus patris tui erit adiutor tuus et Omnipotens benedicet tibi benedictionibus caeli desuper benedictionibus abyssi iacentis deorsum benedictionibus uberum et vulvae
26 The blessings of your father are strengthened by the blessings of his fathers, until the desire of the hills of eternity shall arrive. May they be at the head of Joseph, and at the summit of the Nazarite, among his brothers.
benedictiones patris tui confortatae sunt benedictionibus patrum eius donec veniret desiderium collium aeternorum fiant in capite Ioseph et in vertice nazarei inter fratres suos
27 Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning he will eat the prey, and in the evening he will divide the spoil.”
Beniamin lupus rapax mane comedet praedam et vespere dividet spolia
28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel. These things their father spoke to them, and he blessed each one with their proper blessings.
omnes hii in tribubus Israhel duodecim haec locutus est eis pater suus benedixitque singulis benedictionibus propriis
29 And he instructed them, saying: “I am being gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the double cave, which is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
et praecepit eis dicens ego congregor ad populum meum sepelite me cum patribus meis in spelunca duplici quae est in agro Ephron Hetthei
30 opposite Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought, along with its field, from Ephron the Hittite, as a possession for burial.
contra Mambre in terra Chanaan quam emit Abraham cum agro ab Ephron Hettheo in possessionem sepulchri
31 There they buried him, with his wife Sarah.” And there Isaac was buried with his wife Rebekah. There also Leah lies preserved.
ibi sepelierunt eum et Sarram uxorem eius ibi sepultus est Isaac cum Rebecca coniuge ibi et Lia condita iacet
33 And having finished these commands by which he instructed his sons, he drew his feet onto the bed, and he passed away. And he was gathered to his people.
finitisque mandatis quibus filios instruebat collegit pedes suos super lectulum et obiit adpositusque est ad populum suum
